The City Ground

READING 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 12, 2019 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 12, 2019 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Madejski Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 2018-19
Referee:: Oliver Langford
Sponsor:: BetBright
Attendance:: 15,034
Pos Before/After:: 7 9
Opp Before/After:: 23 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Jan 11, 2020

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4771 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 2354 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5461 (of 5679)
Total:: 7205 (of 7451)

Notes:: Simon Ireland caretaker manager

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Review:
Just one day after Karanka resigned and we got a team that looked like they missed him. There was no composure and went down to 10 men when Danny Fox mouthed off too much to the referee after a spectacular melee involving both teams, and then Darikwa went straight away for a stupid lunge late on. Miss Karanka much? Yep. So, 9 men, an own goal, but still only four points off the playoffs. It'll be a shame if we get to them without Karanka though.

FOREST
Manager: Simon Ireland
Prior form: LDLDLW (Old to recent)

Goals:

READING
Manager: Jose Manuel Gomes
Prior form: LDLLDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
John Swift (23)
Jack Robinson (87) (OG)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Costel Pantilimon
27	D	Tendayi Darikwa 83
18	D	Jack Robinson 62
24	M	Claudio Yacob
4	M	Danny Fox (c) 8 62	Last game
6	M	Jack Colback 38
14	M	Matty Cash
5	M	Adlene Guedioura off for Ryan Yates (84)
23	M	Joe Lolley off for Diogo Goncalves (68)
11	D	Ben Osborn
9	F	Daryl Murphy 61 off for Lewis Grabban (64)
Subs
15	GK	Luke Steele
21	D	Saidy Janko
10	M	Joao Carvalho
19	F	Diogo Goncalves on for Joe Lolley (68)
22	M	Ryan Yates on for Adlene Guedioura (84)
43	F	Arvin Appiah
7	F	Lewis Grabban on for Daryl Murphy (64)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
31	GK	Anssi Jaakkola
3	D	Andy Yiadom 62
27	D	Omar Richards 32 (67)
20	D	Tiago Ilori
6	D	Liam Moore 62
7	M	Leandro Bacuna
17	M	Modou Barrow
35	M	Andy Rinomhota
10	M	John Swift
18	F	Ovie Ejaria (75)
23	F	Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (82)
Subs
28		Sam Walker
24		Tyler Blackett
2		Chris Gunter
16		Lewis Baker (67)
12		Garath McCleary (75)
14		Sone Aluko
43		Danny Loader (82)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 12, 2019)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-2	Middlesbrough
Brentford	3-1	Stoke City
Bristol City	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Hull City	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Ipswich Town	1-0	Rotherham United
Millwall	0-2	Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End	1-1	Swansea City
Reading	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Norwich City
Wigan Athletic	3-0	Aston Villa

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
1	Leeds United	27	16	6	5	46	28	9	3	2	23	10	7	3	3	23	18	18	54	WWWLLW
2	Norwich City	26	14	7	5	48	34	8	1	4	26	22	6	6	1	22	12	14	49	WDWDLD
3	Sheffield United	26	14	5	7	45	28	7	3	3	23	13	7	2	4	22	15	17	47	WLDWWW
4	West Bromwich Albion	26	13	7	6	54	34	7	4	2	32	17	6	3	4	22	17	20	46	DWWWDL
5	Middlesbrough	26	11	10	5	28	18	6	4	3	13	8	5	6	2	15	10	10	43	DLWLWD
6	Derby County	27	12	7	8	38	34	6	5	2	18	14	6	2	6	20	20	4	43	DDLWDL
7	Nottingham Forest	26	9	12	5	39	29	6	4	3	17	12	3	8	2	22	17	10	39	LDLDLW
8	Birmingham City	26	9	12	5	38	28	5	7	1	21	12	4	5	4	17	16	10	39	LDWWDD
9	Queens Park Rangers	26	11	6	9	33	34	7	2	4	19	13	4	4	5	14	21	-1	39	LWWWDD
10	Aston Villa	26	9	11	6	49	40	5	6	2	30	24	4	5	4	19	16	9	38	DDLWDD
11	Bristol City	26	10	8	8	32	28	4	5	4	14	13	6	3	4	18	15	4	38	WDDDWW
12	Swansea City	26	10	6	10	35	31	5	3	5	19	17	5	3	5	16	14	4	36	WWLLDW
13	Hull City	26	10	6	10	36	33	5	3	5	18	13	5	3	5	18	20	3	36	DWWWWW
14	Stoke City	26	8	11	7	30	31	6	3	4	15	13	2	8	3	15	18	-1	35	WDWLDL
15	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	10	8	33	41	5	6	2	18	15	3	4	6	15	26	-8	34	DDLLLW
16	Sheffield Wednesday	26	8	8	10	32	42	4	6	3	17	19	4	2	7	15	23	-10	32	DLWWDD
17	Preston North End	26	7	8	11	38	43	5	5	3	28	21	2	3	8	10	22	-5	29	WWLLDL
18	Brentford	26	6	10	10	36	36	6	3	4	23	15	0	7	6	13	21	0	28	LLWDDD
19	Millwall	26	7	7	12	33	41	6	4	3	20	16	1	3	9	13	25	-8	28	DLLWWW
20	Wigan Athletic	26	7	5	14	25	40	6	3	4	14	15	1	2	10	11	25	-15	26	LLLLDL
21	Rotherham United	26	5	10	11	25	41	5	6	2	17	17	0	4	9	8	24	-16	25	DDLLLW
22	Bolton Wanderers	26	5	7	14	17	38	3	3	7	8	16	2	4	7	9	22	-21	22	LLLWDL
23	Reading	26	4	8	14	28	41	3	2	8	17	22	1	6	6	11	19	-13	20	LDLLDL
24	Ipswich Town	26	2	9	15	21	46	1	7	5	13	19	1	2	10	8	27	-25	15	LWDLLL

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Leeds United	27	16	6	5	46	28	9	3	2	23	10	7	3	3	23	18	18	54	WWWLLW
1	2	Sheffield United	27	15	5	7	46	28	8	3	3	24	13	7	2	4	22	15	18	50	LDWWWW	1-0
1	3	Norwich City	27	14	8	5	49	35	8	1	4	26	22	6	7	1	23	13	14	50	DWDLDD	1-1
	4	West Bromwich Albion	27	13	8	6	55	35	7	5	2	33	18	6	3	4	22	17	20	47	WWWDLD	1-1
	5	Middlesbrough	27	12	10	5	30	19	6	4	3	13	8	6	6	2	17	11	11	46	LWLWDW	2-1
	6	Derby County	27	12	7	8	38	34	6	5	2	18	14	6	2	6	20	20	4	43	DDLWDL
4	7	Bristol City	27	11	8	8	34	29	5	5	4	16	14	6	3	4	18	15	5	41	DDDWWW	2-1
	8	Birmingham City	27	9	12	6	39	30	5	7	2	22	14	4	5	4	17	16	9	39	DWWDDL	1-2
2	9	Nottingham Forest	27	9	12	6	39	31	6	4	3	17	12	3	8	3	22	19	8	39	DLDLWL	0-2
3	10	Hull City	27	11	6	10	39	33	6	3	5	21	13	5	3	5	18	20	6	39	WWWWWW	3-0
2	11	Queens Park Rangers	27	11	6	10	33	35	7	2	4	19	13	4	4	6	14	22	-2	39	WWWDDL	0-1
2	12	Aston Villa	27	9	11	7	49	43	5	6	2	30	24	4	5	5	19	19	6	38	DLWDDL	0-3
1	13	Swansea City	27	10	7	10	36	32	5	3	5	19	17	5	4	5	17	15	4	37	WLLDWD	1-1
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	27	9	10	8	35	41	5	6	2	18	15	4	4	6	17	26	-6	37	DLLLWW	2-0
1	15	Stoke City	27	8	11	8	31	34	6	3	4	15	13	2	8	4	16	21	-3	35	DWLDLL	1-3
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	27	8	8	11	32	45	4	6	3	17	19	4	2	8	15	26	-13	32	LWWDDL	0-3
1	17	Brentford	27	7	10	10	39	37	7	3	4	26	16	0	7	6	13	21	2	31	LWDDDW	3-1
1	18	Preston North End	27	7	9	11	39	44	5	6	3	29	22	2	3	8	10	22	-5	30	WLLDLD	1-1
1	19	Wigan Athletic	27	8	5	14	28	40	7	3	4	17	15	1	2	10	11	25	-12	29	LLLDLW	3-0
1	20	Millwall	27	7	7	13	33	43	6	4	4	20	18	1	3	9	13	25	-10	28	LLWWWL	0-2
	21	Rotherham United	27	5	10	12	25	42	5	6	2	17	17	0	4	10	8	25	-17	25	DLLLWL	0-1
1	22	Reading	27	5	8	14	30	41	4	2	8	19	22	1	6	6	11	19	-11	23	DLLDLW	2-0
1	23	Bolton Wanderers	27	5	7	15	18	40	3	3	7	8	16	2	4	8	10	24	-22	22	LLWDLL	1-2
	24	Ipswich Town	27	3	9	15	22	46	2	7	5	14	19	1	2	10	8	27	-24	18	WDLLLW	1-0